Eric E. Murphy | |
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Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
Assumed office March 11, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Alice M. Batchelder |
9thSolicitor General of Ohio | |
In office September 9, 2013 – January 14, 2019 | |
Attorney General | Mike DeWine |
Preceded by | Alexandra Schimmer |
Succeeded by | Ben Flowers |
Personal details | |
Born | 1979 (age 45–46) Indianapolis,Indiana, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Miami University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Eric Earl Murphy (born November 6, 1979)[1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2019 as aU.S. circuit judge of theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He previously served as theSolicitor General of Ohio from 2013 to 2019.
Murphy was born in 1979 inIndianapolis,Indiana. He graduated fromMiami University in 2001 with aBachelor of Arts,summa cum laude, withPhi Beta Kappa honors. After working as a grocery clerk for a year, he attended theUniversity of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of theUniversity of Chicago Law Review. He graduated in 2005 with aJuris Doctor with high honors andOrder of the Coif membership.[1]
After law school, Murphy was alaw clerk to JudgeJ. Harvie Wilkinson III of theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2005 to 2006 and for JusticeAnthony Kennedy of theU.S. Supreme Court from 2006 to 2007. He then became an associate in the appellate practice of the law firmJones Day in itsColumbus, Ohio office.[2] He became theSolicitor General of Ohio underAttorney GeneralMike DeWine in 2013.[3][4]
He is a member of theFederalist Society.[5]
On June 7, 2018, PresidentDonald Trump announced his intent to nominate Murphy to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.[4] On June 18, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Murphy to the seat on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit being vacated by JudgeAlice M. Batchelder, who previously announced her decision to assumesenior status on a date to be determined.[6] In June 2018, U.S. SenatorSherrod Brown said he did not plan to return ablue slip for Murphy's nomination, while U.S. SenatorRob Portman said he planned to support Murphy's nomination.[7] On October 10, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before theSenate Judiciary Committee.[8]
On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President underRule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of theUnited States Senate. On January 23, 2019,President Trump announced his intent to renominate Murphy for a federal judgeship.[9] His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[10] On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[11] On March 6, 2019, the Senate invokedcloture on his nomination by a 53–46 vote.[12] On March 7, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 52–46 vote.[13] He received his judicial commission on March 11, 2019.[14]
On December 3, 2021, inGun Owners of America, Inc. v. Garland, 19 F.4th 980 (6th Cir. 2021), an evenly divided Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction against a rule issued by theATF declaring bump-stock devices to be illegal machine guns under federal law. Murphy authored a dissenting opinion joined by seven other members of the court that would have enjoined the ATF's new rule, explaining that the "policy debate over whether to ban bump stocks" belongs "with the legislative branch accountable to the people" rather than an administrative agency or the judiciary.[15] InGarland v. Cargill, 602 U.S. 406 (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that bump-stock devices are not machine guns under existing federal law.
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Preceded by | Solicitor General of Ohio 2013–2019 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 2019–present | Incumbent |